UCAR/NCAR Oral History Project, 1987-1988.

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UCAR/NCAR Oral History Project, 1987-1988.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81993861

Collection of interviews with those involved in the early years and the development of the National Center for Atmpspheric Research. Interview subjects include: Roscoe Braham, Horace Byers, John C. Calhoun, Anthony C. Delany, John Firor, Richard Fisher, Wilmont Hess, Henry G. Houghton, Richard A. Kassander, Will Kellogg, D. K. Lilly, Edward A. Martell, Patrick D. McTaggart-Cowan, Nelder Medrud, Robert Edward Munn, Gordon A. Newkirk, I. M. Pei, Julian M. Pike, D. F. Rex, Walter Orr Roberts, Warren M. Washington, Edwin L. Wolff.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Lilly, D. K. 1929-

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Houghton, Henry G

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University corporation for atmospheric research

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Washington, Warren Morton, 1936-

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Distinguished scientist Warren M. Washington was born on August 28, 1936, in Portland, Oregon. As a high school student, Washington had a keen interest in science; after graduation he went on to earn his B.A. degree in physics and his M.A. degree in meteorology from Oregon State University. After completing his Ph.D. in meteorology at Pennsylvania State University, Washington became a research scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in 1963. While serving in the position...

Munn, R. E

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Meteorologist. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Edward Munn, 1983 September 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78154239 ...

Roberts, Walter Orr

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Orr was born in 1915. From the description of Response to History of Modern Astrophysics Survey, 1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77849767 Solar astronomer and geophysicist. Director of High Altitude Observatory, University of Colorado, 1946-1961; Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1960-1968. From the description of Oral history interview with Walter Orr Roberts, 1987 August 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78228351 From the descri...

Newkirk, Gordon Allen 1928-

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Hess, Wilmot N.

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Physicist (atmospheric physics, oceanography) and Director of National Center for Atmospheric Research 1980-1986. From the description of Oral history interview with Wilmot N. Hess, 1986 June 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82908060 ...

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The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) was created in 1960 to provide a facility for the collection and analysis of data from the atmosphere. The center was established by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR - 14 universities with departments of meteorology) with initial funding from the National Science Foundation. From the description of Addition to records, [ca. 1960-1996]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81407214 From the description of ...

Firor, John W.

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Braham, Roscoe R.

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Meteorologist (cloud physics, weather modification, thunderstorms). From the description of Oral history interview with Roscoe Braham, 1987 January 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78261312 Roscoe R. Braham Jr., a pioneering meteorologist, educator, noted expert in cloud precipitation physics, and visiting professor at NC State. He earned a bachelor's degree in geology in 1942, Braham was trained as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as ...

McTaggart-Cowan, P. D.

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Meteorologist. From the description of Oral history interview with Patrick D. McTaggart-Cowan, 1983 October 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78435184 ...

Byers, Horace Robert, 1906-...

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Meteorologist (cloud physics). Professor of Meteorology at University of Chicago, 1940-1974. From the description of Oral history interview with Horace Byers, 1987 August 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78326551 ...

Rex, D. F. 1916-

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